Lectures In History

Andrew Slap of East Tennessee State University teaches a class on Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and the Constitution.

Karen Markoe of State University of New York Maritime College teaches a class on the 1920s.

University of Arkansas professor Elliott West lectures on the environmental impact of the California Gold Rush, part of a seminar for high school teachers hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

University of Texas at Austin professor Peniel Joseph teaches a class on the life & career of Civil Rights pioneer Ronald Walters.

University of Utah professor Eric Hinderaker teaches a class about western settlement before, during and after the American Revolution.

Lafayette College professor Robert Weiner teaches a class on the origins of World War II in Europe.

William Woods University professor Craig Bruce Smith teaches a class about the American Revolution and the Continental Army.

American University professor Ibram Kendi teaches a class about Malcolm X's views on Africa.

Providence College professor Edward Andrews teaches a class on early English missions in Colonial America.

Dickinson College professor Jim Hoefler taught a class about end of life care and perceptions of death in the United States since the 1800s.

Georgetown University professor Katherine Benton-Cohen teaches a class on the Progressive Era.

Baylor University professor Julie Anne Sweet teaches a class on the American military during the Revolutionary War, including a look at the equipment and capabilities of both the Continental Army and militia troops.

Rick Kennedy of Point Loma Nazarene University teaches a class about Mexico's governance and plans for California in the decades leading-up to the 1848 Mexican-American War, in which Mexico lost California to the U.S.

Weber State University professor Branden Little teaches a class about the role of American factories during World War II and military vehicle innovations, with a focus on types of amphibious vehicles used in the Pacific.

American University professor W. Joseph Campbell teaches a class on myths about William Randolph Hearst, Yellow Journalism & the lead-up to Spanish-American War at the end of the 19th century.

Georgetown University Professor Joseph McCartin teaches a class on the post-industrialization transformation of work starting in the 1960s and continuing through the end of the 20th century.

University of Washington, Bothell, history professor Dan Berger examines the rise of mass incarceration in the United States and the politics behind it.

Rutgers University professor Jefferson Decker teaches a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources.

Colorado College professor Amy Kohout teaches a class on nuclear weapons testing in the continental U.S. in the 1950s and '60s and how it impacted the environment.

Tulane University professor Karissa Haugeberg teaches a class about the legal history of abortion in the United States from the 1840s through 2016.